Community, Opportunity, and Engagement Committee

Community, Opportunity, and Engagement 

 

Our Vision

Our vision is to provide opportunity for all individuals in the Department of Bioengineering to flourish. We achieve this by our dedicated efforts:

  • To uphold a collaborative environment.
  • Celebrate the unique backgrounds of our students, faculty, and staff.
  • Encourage a climate of civility, sensitivity, and mutual respect.
  • Promote a culture of excellence so individuals from all backgrounds and perspectives may succeed.

Read our complete mission and strategic plan here.

Department of Bioengineering Community, Opportunity, and Engagement Committee Members

Enrique Valera
ENRIQUE VALERA
Committee Chair 
Research Assistant Professor 
evalerac@illinois.edu

Maddie Darling UIUC Bioengineering
CATHERINE BEST-POPESCU
Research Assistant Professor
cabest@illinois.edu

Maddie Darling UIUC Bioengineering
JOE BRADLEY
Clinical Assistant Professor
jabradly@illinois.edu

Maddie Darling UIUC Bioengineering
SUSAN LEGGETT
Assistant Professor
sleggett@illinois.edu


MARINA MARJANOVIC
Research Professor
marinam@illinois.edu

Biomedical engineering professor Shannon Sirk
SHANNON SIRK
Assistant Professor
sirk@illinois.edu


YUAN YANG
Associate Professor
yuany@illinois.edu

Community, Opportunity, and Engagement activities and events

<i>Bioengineering professors (including DEI members Marina Marjanovic, Shannon Sirk, and Enrique Valera), students, and staff at the 2023 BMES Annual Meeting.</i>
Bioengineering professors (including committee members Marina Marjanovic, Shannon Sirk, and Enrique Valera), students, and staff at the 2023 BMES Annual Meeting.

2023 BMES Annual Meeting

In October, members of our Community, Opportunity, and Engagement committee (Profs. Shannon Sirk, Susan Leggett, Marina Marjanovic, Yuan Yang, and Enrique Valera) participated in the 2023 BMES conference in Seattle, WA.

This premier event, focused on topics and discussions specific to the bioengineering and biomedical engineering community, was a great opportunity to discuss biomedical research as well as our community's efforts.

Shannon and Enrique met with representatives from bioengineering and biomedical engineering departments from across the country.

Finally, all our members participated in the reception organized by our department (see photo) where we had the opportunity to continue meeting students, postdocs and faculty from multiple universities across the country.

Community, Opportunity, and Engagement news